Appropriates $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for grants to community learning centers under the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who is qualified to register to vote, who currently holds an authentic Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued by the Secretary of State, and who is not making any application for a driver's license or identification card may make application to register to vote at Secretary of State driver services facilities or Secretary of State mobile events. Sets forth provisions concerning applications for online voter registration. Provides that the Office of the Secretary of State may coordinate with each United States District Court in Illinois for a representative of the Secretary of State to offer voter registration information, provide voter registration applications, and collect completed voter registration applications, including electronic voter registration applications, from all eligible citizens after a judicial naturalization ceremony, to the extent allowed by the United States District Court presiding over the naturalization.
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that, if any licensee authorized to sell alcoholic liquor at retail has had the renewal of his or her certificate of registration denied by the Department of Revenue or if such a licensee's certificate of registration has been revoked by the Department of Revenue, then the Department of Revenue shall file a notice with the Liquor Control Commission that includes a certification, signed by Director of Revenue or his or her designee, attesting that the renewal of the person's certificate of registration has been denied or that the person's certificate of registration has been revoked, as applicable, after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Provides that the Liquor Control Commission shall inactivate the license of that licensee until the Department of Revenue notifies the Liquor Control Commission that the violation resulting in the nonrenewal or revocation has been remedied and the certificate of registration has been reinstated by the Department of Revenue. Effective immediately
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Creates the distillery shipper's license. Provides that a distillery shipper's license shall allow a person with an Illinois distiller license, a craft distiller license, a class 1 craft distiller license, or class 2 craft distiller license or who is licensed to make spirits under the laws of another state to ship spirits directly to a resident of this State who is 21 years of age or older for that resident's personal use and not for resale. Sets forth provisions concerning licensure application; fees; recordkeeping; and shipping and delivery of spirits. Preempts home rule powers. Makes conforming and other changes.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of election commissioners may use public school buildings as polling places only if a school board or a local school council approves the use of that school. Provides that, if the county board or board of election commissioners uses all convenient and available public buildings and determines that a public school building is needed as a polling place, it shall send a written request to use the public school building to the school board or local school council. Sets forth provisions concerning the contents of the request and the response to the request. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board or local school council shall have the power to approve or deny, in accordance with the school board or local school council's rules and policies, any request of a county board or board of election commissioners to use a school building as a polling place. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to implement Public Act 102-522 and provide grants to local school districts and community organizations for comprehensive personal health and safety education in kindergarten through the 5th grade and comprehensive sexual health education in the 6th through 12th grades. Effective July 1, 2024.
Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security for grants made to small business for security improvements that assist the small business in preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism. Effective July 1, 2024.
Amends the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. Deletes the definition of "transportation agency". Modifies the definition of "proposer". Provides that a responsible public entity may not receive unsolicited proposals for a project. Deletes provisions that allowed unsolicited proposals for projects if specified guidelines were met. Effective immediately.
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Sets forth certain protections that must be provided to the parent or guardian of a child at the center of an abuse or neglect investigation whenever the Department of Children and Family Services refers a child to a board-certified child abuse pediatrician for a medical opinion. Provides that the board-certified child abuse pediatrician must explain to the parent or guardian of the child, whenever the pediatrician has direct contact with the child or the family of the child, that the pediatrician is completing the examination of the child at the request of the Department for the purpose of providing an opinion to the Department regarding whether the mechanism of injury is suspicious for child maltreatment. Provides that the parent or guardian of the child of the center of an investigation shall: (i) be informed of the referral and his or her right to request and receive a copy of the opinion; (ii) be notified that the parent or guardian of the child has the right to obtain, at his or her own expense, and submit to the Department a second medical opinion at any time; (iii) be informed that any second medical opinion submitted to the Department prior to the Department rendering a final determination in the investigation will be considered as inculpatory or exculpatory evidence; and (iv) be notified of the Department's time frames for the investigative process. Requires the Department to annually prepare and make available on the Department's Reports and Statistics webpage a report on the number of children or families referred by the Department to a board-certified child abuse pediatrician as part of an investigation of abuse or neglect by the Department. Sets forth the information that must be contained in the annual reports. Provides that the first report must be posted within 9 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that proposals or bids submitted by engineering consultants in response to requests for proposal or other competitive bidding requests by the Department of Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority are exempt from disclosure under the Act. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the following communications are among the types of communications that are not required to be reported to the Procurement Policy Board: (i) communications providing general information about a firm's products or services or industry best practices, provided those products or services are not directly related to an open procurement matter, and (ii) proposal deficiency communications under a specified provision of the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that, as part of the State agency's commitment to fostering greater diversity in contracting, the State agency may communicate with firms who were not selected in order to provide further information about the firm's proposal deficiencies.
